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Afghan veteran's are the latest group of our defence forces to be absorbed into Anzac Day commemorations. For Andy Cullen, who has struggled to cope since returning to Australia, Anzac Day is 'difficult'....

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Diplomatic tensions with Turkey appear to be easing with the Prime Minister saying he is confident the war of words will be resolved. The PM's softer approach follows a statement by the Turkish Persident Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying his comments had been taken out of context. His Communications ...

Afghanistan is again at a turning point, with the Taliban gaining ground across the country and the Americans determined to pull out. While there have been peace talks going on in Qatar between the USA and the Taliban the Afghan government has been conspicuously absent. Award winning Australian ...

This week, New Zealands Muslim community will mourn and bury 51 men, women and children who were murdered in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Their alleged killer is a white neo-fascist, born and raised in Australia. Since the terrorist attack, political and religious leaders and ...

Back in 2011, when another white supremacist slaughtered 77 people in Norway, many asked how such an attack could occur in so peaceful aplace. The same might be asked of the mosque attacks in Christchurch in New Zealands South Island. Both countries are remote and intimate places, not known for ...

President Trump's response to the Christchurch massacre has been much criticised. Prompted by that tragedy, the US is once again debating its gun policy, and white supremacy. And, the university admissions corruption case is, Bruce Shapiro says, a distinctly American scandal. Plus, the ...